i was in a food court at a mall and just glanced at the people who were sitting alone at tables. 95% of them had their heads down and were staring at their phone. one lady was reading, but still. they were all looking at their personal screen. whatever happened to people-watching? people can't be bored anymore, but have to be occupied with a video game or a video. even children are like that. stick an ipad into their hands and they'll shut up for an hour or two while you're at a restaurant or waiting in line or taking a road trip.

heck, if you really need to contact me, call me. that's what phones are for. i'd like to live my life in real-time and not be too attached to my phone.

who would've thought i'd have enough of fireworks? well, we went to a july fourth party hosted by one of lance's soccer buddies and his neighbor from a couple doors down who was going to be doing the fourth of july fireworks for kings' island put on a display of fireworks i've never ever seen before. it was professionally done and the fireworks were huge, bright, and beautiful flowers of light. the only problem: it was about 25 minutes of non-stop fire crackers. it was fantastic for the first 10-15 minutes, then it got redundant pretty quickly. T liked them too, although he was pretty out of it because it was about 2 hours after his bedtime.